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COLORADO SPRINGS, CO --

The Eastern Arizona College football teamed garnered enough votes in the JCfootball.com/NJCAA Pre-Season football poll to be ranked 12th. Eastern Arizona finished the 2007 season with a school record 10 wins and their first ever post-season bowl game.

EAC will start their season on August 16th as they will travel to Tempe to scrimmage the Tempe Rams of the AZFL followed by a trip to Juarez, Mexico for a rematch with University of Chihuahua. The first regular season game will be on September 6th when the Gila Monsters take a road trip to Albuquerque, New Mexico for a 3:30 pm MST kickoff against New Mexico Prep

Place	College	Location	Record	Points	1st Pl Votes	Last Week
1	Butler Community College - Kansas	El Dorado, KS	12-0	0	0	0
2	Blinn College	Brenham, TX	7-3	0	0	0
3	Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College	Perkinston, MS	12-0	0	0	0
4	Snow College	Ephraim, UT	11-1	0	0	0
5	Georgia Military College	Milledgeville, GA	9-2	0	0	0
6	Navarro College	Corsicana, TX	9-3	0	0	0
7	Jones County Junior College	Ellisville, MS	9-2	0	0	0
8	Nassau Community College	Garden City, NY	7-3	0	0	0
9	Garden City Community College	Garden City, KS	7-3	0	0	0
10	Rochester Community & Technical College	Rochester, MN	11-0	0	0	0
11	Iowa Central Community College	Fort Dodge, IA	9-2	0	0	0
12	Eastern Arizona College	Thatcher, AZ	10-2	0	0	0
13	Pearl River Community College	Poplarville, MS	6-3	0	0	0
14	Kilgore College	Kilgore, TX	8-4	0	0	0
15	Glendale Community College	Glendale, AZ	6-4	0	0	0
16	Joliet Junior College	Joliet, IL	10-2	0	0	0
17	Erie Community College	Buffalo, NY	7-3	0	0	0
18	Fort Scott Community College	Fort Scott, KS	9-3	0	0	0
19	Central Lakes College-Brainerd	Brainerd, MN	7-4	0	0	0
20	Itawamba Community College	Fulton, MS	7-3	0	0	0
21	Mesa Community College	Mesa, AZ	9-2	0	0	0
22	Grand Rapids Community College	Grand Rapids, MI	4-5	0	0	0
23	Coffeyville Community College	Coffeyville, KS	5-5	0	0	0
24	Cisco Junior College	Cisco, TX	7-3	0	0	0
25	Vermilion Community College	Ely, MN	6-3	0	0	0

       

COLORADO SPRINGS - The Badgers of Snow College (Utah) held on to the No. 1 post in the NJCAA / JC Football.com Poll released today. They take the top spot for the second consecutive week. Snow improved to 5-0 on the season with a 48-17 thumping of previously No. 12 ranked Mesa Community College on Sept. 29.

The Badgers received 103 total votes and five of seven first place votes to hold the No. 1 ranking. Butler Community College (Kan.) is again at No. 2 with 98 total votes and one first place vote. The Grizzlies are also 5-0 as they defeated Air Force Prep 37-7 on Sept. 29.

Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College stays at No. 3 in the poll and received a first place vote, while Eastern Arizona College stays at No. 4. Jones County Junior College (Miss.) moves up two spots this week to No. 5.

Snow won their eighth-consecutive contest, dating back to the 2006 season, behind a strong rushing performance from Soni Sotele. He amassed 150 rushing yards on 24 carries and one touchdown. The Badgers were without their starting signal caller, Jon Eastman, who suffered a broken bone in his foot earlier in the week. His backup, Houston Erbstoesser, produced magnificently throwing for 192 yards and two touchdowns and also rushed for another score.

The game was never really in question for Snow as their NJCAA-leading defense held Mesa to a field goal in the first half and two touchdowns, limiting the Thunderbirds to 221 yards. The loss dropped Mesa to No. 17 in this week's rankings.

Snow will next face Phoenix College (Ariz., 1-3) at home on Oct. 6th.

For Butler it was more of the same: defense, defense, and more defense. The Grizzlies shut-out Air Force Prep in the first half and then surrendered a touchdown in the third quarter - the only points allowed by Butler in 15 quarters of play. This season, the Grizzly `D' has given up just 36 points in five games (7.2 per game).

Offensively, the Grizzlies racked up 222 rushing yards, of which 178 came from Beau Johnson on 23 carries. Johnson also scored his seventh touchdown of the season. Tywon Hubbard gained just 23 rushing yards, but scored twice on runs of three and 11 yards.

Next Saturday, Butler will hit the road to face long-time rival Coffeyville Community College (Kan., 3-2), which is 20th in this week's rankings.

Mississippi Gulf Coast improved to 5-0 on the season with a 37-3 dominating victory over Copiah-Lincoln Community College (Miss.) on Sept. 27. The Bulldogs are 3-0 in the Mississippi Association of Community and Junior Colleges (MACJC) and atop the South Division standings.

Special teams played a big role in the win for the Bulldogs. Kicker Sean Brauchle showed Co-Lin why he was named back-to-back MACJC special teams player of the week as he hit three field goals, including a boot from 50 yards.

MGCCC did not get off to a great start as they failed to score in the first quarter. However, the Bulldogs scored 17 in the second quarter to take a 17- 3 halftime lead.

The Bulldogs got a big game from running back Demond Washington who had a 69- yard touchdown run and a 72-yard punt return for a score.

The win was the fourth on the road for the Bulldogs. They next host East Central Community College (Miss., 2-3) on Oct. 4.

Eastern Arizona is the only team in the poll that boasts six wins. The Gila Monsters won their sixth-straight on Sept. 29 with a 41-7 thumping of Arizona Western College. Their 6-0 record is the best start to a season at EAC since 1955.

The Gila Monsters racked up 372 rushing yards in the win over Arizona Western on 63 running plays. Quarterback Pat Riley was again superb in leading the option attack. Riley was the leading rusher for the Gila Monsters with 121 yards on 15 carries and one touchdown. To no surprise, Eastern Arizona 's rushing offense ranks second in the NJCAA, producing 329.8 yards per game.

The Gila Monsters host New Mexico Military Institute (1-4) in their next contest on Oct. 6.

With Lackawanna College (Pa.) suffering their first loss of the season (33- 21 to Nassau Community College, N.Y. ), the door opened for Jones County Junior College (Miss.) to crack into the top five. Jones picked up their fifth win of the season in dramatic fashion.

Trailing 38-28 late in the third quarter, the Bobcats stuffed the Hinds Community College Eagles on a fourth down and inches. Jones would then march 85 yards in 10 plays with Jasper Ducksworth going over the pile from 3 yards out to end the drive. A good PAT made it 38-35 with 1:09 left in the third quarter, which propelled the Bobcats to 56-41 MACJC South Division victory.

JCJC will next face Southwest Mississippi Community College (2-3) on Oct. 4.

Making a big splash in the poll this week is Kilgore College (Texas) at No. 8. The Rangers are 4-1 and sit atop the Southwest Junior College Football Conference. They knocked off defending national champ Blinn College (Texas) from their No. 1 ranking on Sept. 22 with a 40-39 win. Their lone loss of the season was a 29-28 nail-bitter on Aug. 25 at Butler Community College (Kan.). The Rangers recently defeated Arkansas Baptist College 38-13 and next face Tyler Junior College on Oct. 6.

To view the entire poll log onto www.njcaa.org

       

The Arizona Interscholastic Association has realeased updated power point standings. The top sixteen teams qualify for the state playoffs. The following is the rankings through six weeks of the season.

# TEAM RECORD POINTS 1 Arizona Lutheran Academy 5 - 1 42.33 2 Yuma Catholic 6 - 0 39.81 3 Valley Christian 4 - 1 39.78 4 Scottsdale Christian 4 - 1 38.50 5 Northwest Christian 4 - 0 35.78 6 Thatcher High School 4 - 2 35.10 7 Hayden High School 6 - 1 34.55 8 Benson High School 4 - 2 33.60 9 Red Mesa High School 4 - 2 32.78 10 Tonopah Valley High 3 - 3 32.00 11 St. Johns High School 3 - 3 30.72 12 Phoenix Christian 3 - 3 30.19 13 North Pointe Prep 3 - 2 29.15 14 Camp Verde High School 2 - 4 28.10 15 Bourgade Catholic 2 - 4 27.72 16 Morenci High School 2 - 3 27.69

3A Top 16 # TEAM RECORD POINTS 1 Snowflake High School 6 - 0 46.65 2 Show Low High School 5 - 0 46.22 3 Payson High School 5 - 1 43.55 4 Round Valley High School 5 - 1 41.17 5 Blue Ridge High School 4 - 0 40.72 6 Wickenburg High School 5 - 0 40.56 7 Chino Valley High School 5 - 1 38.55 8 Alchesay High School 3 - 2 33.05 9 Holbrook High School 3 - 3 30.50 10 Winslow High School 3 - 3 30.05 11 Parker High School 2 - 3 29.69 12 Coolidge High School 3 - 2 29.44 13 Estrella Foothills High 3 - 3 28.50 14 Chinle High School 4 - 2 28.33 15 Maricopa High School 3 - 3 27.55 16 Santa Cruz High School 3 - 2 26.50

       

The NJCAA released the latest poll on Tuesday and Eastern Arizona College garnered their best ever ranking, #5 in the country.

After the narrow 41-38 win against Phoenix College, the Gila Monsters moved up two spots. This is the best ever ranking for the Eastern football team. The Gila Monsters will travel to Scottsdale on Saturday to take on the #20 Scottsdale Artichokes, who fell in the poll after a 30-28 loss to Glendale.

You can hear all the Eastern Arizona football games online by clicking on the "Listen Live" button on the top of this page.

Other WSFL teams ranked this week:
#2 Snow College (Beat Arizona Western 22-23)
#5 Eastern Arizona (Beat Phoenix College 41-38)
#10 Glendale College (Beat Scottsdale 30-28)
#12 Mesa College (Beat Pima 47-19)
#20 Scottsdale College (Lost to #10 Glendale)

       

Gila Valley football kicks off Friday, August 24th, with every area high school team in action.

The Safford Bulldogs under new head coach Chanelle Jones will travel to Lakeside to take on perennial powerhouse, Blue Ridge. That game can be heard live on KATO 1230 AM starting at 6:45pm.

The Thatcher Eagles will starting their trek on the road as well. The defending state champion Eagles will be in St. Johns battling the Redskins.

The Pima Roughriders will be at home taking on one of their bitter rivals, the St. David Tigers and Fort Thomas will battle 1A newcomer Tanque Verde.

All high school games kick off at 7pm.

The thirteenth ranked Eastern Arizona College Gila Monsters will start their 2007 campaign in Albuquerque, New Mexico as they will lock up with the New Mexico Crush. The Crush are the defending Semi-Pro National Champions and are currently the top ranked team in the Far West Football Association.


The Eastern Arizona College basketball team has announced the signing of two more players for the upcoming season.

The first signee is Richard "Richo" Matishivili from Tbilisi, Georgia. Richo is a 6-9, 235 pound center who will come to EAC with a wealth of international experience. In addition to his club teams he has been a member of the Georgian National Team the past three years.

In 2004 Richo was the leading scorer and rebounder for Georgia in the U16 European Championships averaging 16.5 points and 10.4 rebounds. He recently competed for his National Team in the U20 European Championship and averaged seven points and five rebounds.

The other signee is Roman Andrade. Andrade hails from Albuquerque, NM and is a 6-1 guard and led Cibola High School to the Final Four as a senior. During his final campaign he was named First Team All-State and was the MVP of the East-West All-Star game. This past season he attended Lamar Community College where he averaged six points and three assists as a freshman.

Both players will be looked upon heavily to help EAC compete for another conference title in the 2007-08 season.

       

The Eastern Arizona College basketball team finished the regular season portion of their schedule in fine fashion Friday night when they dispatched of Pima 100-77 at home in Thatcher. The win gave EAC their first conference championship in twelve years and the number one seed in the upcoming Region I tournament.

Midway though the first half Eastern trailed 21-19 but their offense then kicked into high gear spurting to a 47-38 half time advantage. The margin hovered around ten until a 22-5 run put the game out of reach. The Gila Monster lead went as high as 30 with just over five minutes to play before ending with the 23 point margin of victory.

Eastern placed four players in double figures led by the hot shooting of Vladimir Bulut. Bulut scored 27 points on the night on 7 of 9 shooting from beyond the arc. Marcus Palmer added 18, Jordan Jamestown scored 17 and Will Bynum chipped in with 13. Bynum led the team with ten rebounds and Jamestown and Gabor Boros each passed out seven assists. For the game EAC shot 60% from the field and 55% from three along with out rebounding Pima 34- 20.

EAC (23-6, 18-4) now prepares for the post season. Based on earning the #1 seed the Gila Monsters have a bye all the way to the Championship game which they will host on Saturday March 10th. Game time is set for 7:30 MST and all of the action can be heard live via the internet at www.swsn.net.

The rest of the Region 1 bracket goes as follows: On Tuesday #3 Cochise will host #4 Mesa. The winner of that contest will travel to face #2 seed Arizona Western on Thursday night. EAC will host that winner on Saturday. In the meantime for all of the latest information on Gila Monster basketball log onto www.eachoops.com.

       

The Eastern Arizona College basketball team dropped a heart breaker at home Saturday night as they fell to Arizona Western 60-58.

The teams traded small leads for most of the first half and ended tied at 26 all. The second half saw Western push to a six point advantage eight minutes in at 38-32 only to see EAC tie the game again at 40 apiece. EAC took a brief lead at 44-43 but it was their only one of the second half. With two minutes remaining Eastern trailed 56-50 but the rallied and had a chance to tie the game with 16 seconds left but missed the second of two free throws. AWC then missed the second of two at the other end giving Eastern the ball back with 12 seconds left trailing 60-58. EAC got a good look at the basket but Jordan Jamestown's layup rimmed out at the buzzer.

EAC placed two players in double figures led by Marcus Palmer's 21 points. Vladimir Bulut added 14. Palmer led the team with 10 rebounds and Gabor Boros had a team high five assists despite being held scoreless on the night.

EAC (19-6, 14-4) will travel to South Mountain on Wednesday night before returning home on Saturday. Game time is set for 7:30 MST and all of the action can be heard live via the internet at www.swsn.net. For all of the latest information on Gila Monster basketball log onto www.eachoops.com.

       

The Eastern Arizona College basketball team returned to the win column on Wednesday night when they defeated Central Arizona 72-57 at home in Thatcher.

The game was tight for much of the first half before EAC went on a 13-0 run over the last three minutes to take a 34-25 lead into the break. Central cut the margin to as few as five at the start of the second half but Eastern then slowly built the lead to twenty and then held on for the victory.

Four Gila Monsters scored in double figures led by Jordan Jamestown's 16 points. Will Bynum added 14, Marcus Palmer 13, and Dontae Bryant had a season best 12 points off the bench. Gabor Boros added eight points and a game high nine assists and Bynum led the rebounding with six. After a rough shooting outing in their last game EAC torched the nets at a 66% clip from the field, 57% from 3 and 82% from the foul line.

EAC (17-5, 12-3) will go on the road for their next two games starting this Saturday when they travel to Scottsdale. Game time is set for 7:30 MST and all of the action can be heard live via the internet at www.swsn.net. For all of the latest information on Gila Monster basketball log onto www.eachoops.com.

       

The Eastern Arizona College basketball team needed overtime Wednesday night before coming away with a 77-74 victory over Mesa CC in Thatcher.

EAC came into the game a day after the new NJCAA poll came out with the Gila Monsters ranked 19th in the country. The first half was a see-saw affair with both teams struggling to score. With just over seven minutes to play the score was tied at 19. Eastern then went on a 13-2 run to end the half ahead 32-21. The Monster lead quickly evaporated as Mesa began the second half on a 13-2 run of their own to tie the game at 34 all. From there the lead changed hands 11 times with neither team having more than a three point advantage. With 12 seconds remaining and the score tied at 65 all Eastern had a chance to win but a Jordan Jamestown runner in the lane fell short sending the game to overtime.

After falling behind 67-66 Eastern promptly ran off the next six points to take a 72-67 lead. Mesa would not go quietly and tied the game back at 74 with just over a minute to play. Three free throws by Jamestown, the last of which coming with 3.2 seconds remaining was enough to give the Monsters the win.

EAC placed three players in double figures led by the career high 28 points for Vladimir Bulut. Marcus Palmer poured in 20 and pulled down seven rebounds and Jamestown chipped in with 11 points while grabbing six rebounds and passing out five assists. Eastern struggled from the foul line on the night connecting on only 19 of 33 attempts for 57% but fortunately converted half of their 20 three point attempts.

EAC (16-4, 11-2) will travel to face conference rival Cochise on Saturday night. Game time is set for 7:30 MST and all of the action can be heard live via the internet at www.swsn.net. For all of the latest information on Gila Monster basketball log onto www.eachoops.com.

The Gila Monsters did suffer a set back this week as they were forced to forfeit their 72-47 win over South Mountain. This was the result of a player who saw action in the games final minute and was later ruled ineligible. This drops Eastern's record to 16-4 overall and 11-2 in the ACCAC. It also takes them out of sole possession of first place and moves them into a tie with Arizona Western.

       

The Eastern Arizona College basketball team struggled Wednesday night but picked up another road win by defeating Glendale 94-83.

EAC's recent trend of getting off to a slow start continued again Wednesday as Glendale led much of the first half and took a 41-40 lead into the break. Eastern fell behind 48-42 to start the second half before finally coming alive going on a 17-4 run to take the lead that they would never relinquish.

EAC scored a season high 94 points and placed six players in double figures to accomplish that feat. Leading the way was sophomore point guard Jordan Jamestown who scored a game high 21 points. Jamestown also passed out six assists and pulled down six rebounds on the night. Marcus Palmer scored 17, Gabor Boros 16, Will Bynum 14, Vladimir Bulut 11 and Regan Andersen rounded out the double figure scoring with 10.

Eastern (13-3, 8-1) returns home Saturday night to face Yavapai.

       

The Eastern Arizona College basketball team returned home Saturday night and continued their winning ways by knocking off Yavapai 78-58.

Eastern fell behind again to start the game as Yavapai came out on fire shooting their way to a 18-13 advantage seven minutes into the game. Yavapai stretched the lead to 21-15 with just over 11 minutes to go before the Gila Monster defense stepped up holding Yavapai to only two points the rest of the half. The 22-2 run to end the first half gave EAC a 38-23 lead at the break. Yavapai closed the gap to eight with six minutes remaining but again Eastern finished with a flourish outscoring the Roughriders 20-8 to end the game.

Eastern placed three players in double figures on the night led by Marcus Palmer's 21 points. Vladimir Bulut added 18 on 5 of 7 from three and Gabor Boros scored 16 connecting on all four of his three point attempts. Palmer led the rebounding effort with nine and Boros passed out a team high eight assists. For the game the Monsters hit on 13 of 17 from behind the arc for 76%. The Eastern defense was huge again despite the poor start as EAC held Yavapai to on 37% shooting from the field and out rebounded the Riders 36-22.

EAC (14-3, 9-1) will play their next two on the road as they travel to Pima on Wednesday then to Chandler-Gilbert on Saturday. Game time for both is set for 7:30 MST and all of the action can be heard live via the internet at www.swsn.net. For all of the latest on Gila Monster basketball log onto www.eachoops.com.

       

The Eastern Arizona College basketball team traveled to Yuma Monday night to face the 8th ranked Arizona Western College Matadors and left after pulling off a 76-73 overtime win.

Eastern struggled at the beginning of the game as they found themselves down by ten only five minutes into the game. The deficit grew to as many as 11 at 32-21 with just over eight minutes to go. At the half EAC still trailed 42-35. In the second half Eastern slowly fought back finally tying the score at 53 all with nine minutes to go. A late 6-0 run gave the Monsters a brief four point lead but they were unable to hold onto as AWC forced the extra period.

In overtime, Western jumped to a quick four point advantage at 68-64. EAC then scored the next eight points capped off by Vladimir Bulut's seventh three pointer of the night with 45 seconds remaining. A dunk by Will Bynum and two free throws by Gabor Boros sealed the Gila Monster victory.

EAC was led in scoring by Vladimir Bulut's 25 points. Bulut connected on 7 of 9 three pointers on the night and 9 of 12 field goals overall. Marcus Palmer added 18 and Will Bynum chipped in with 13. Bynum also pulled down a game high 10 rebounds while Boros and Jordan Jamestown each passed out five assists. The difference in the game was again the Gila Monster defense. Though they struggled in the first half the defense held Western to only 28% shooting in the second half and for the game out rebounded them 42-26.

EAC (12-3, 7-1) takes over sole possession of first place in the ACCAC with the win. There is no rest for the Monsters as they must turn around on Wednesday and travel to take on Glendale.

       

The Eastern Arizona College basketball team picked up another ACCAC road win Saturday night when they defeated Central Arizona 81-66.

EAC began slowly and trailed for nearly twelve minutes before they were able to tie the score at 25 all. At that point the Gila Monster defense finally showed up and held Central to only nine points the rest of the half while pouring in 22 to take a 47-34 lead to the break. Eastern pushed the lead to as many as 17 with nine minutes to play. Though they could not stretch the lead out any further it was never cut to fewer than nine.

Thirty nine of Eastern's 81 points came from their bench as they were led in scoring by freshman forward Vladimir Bulut's 20 points. Bulut connected on 6 of 8 three point attempts and grabbed a team high seven rebounds. Three other Gila Monsters were in double figures on the night led by Jordan Jamestown who scored a career high 17, Skylar Whitfield came off the bench to add 12, and Marcus Palmer chipped in with 11. Eastern received another solid performance from freshman point guard Dontae Bryant who came in and scored seven points, grabbed five rebounds, and passed out four assists.

EAC (8-2, 4-0) will return home this week for their final two games of the semester. On Wednesday they will host Scottsdale and on Saturday they will face Phoenix. Game time for both is set for 7:30 MST and all of the action can be heard live via the internet at www.swsn.net. For all of the latest information on Gila Monster basketball log onto www.eachoops.com.

       

The Eastern Arizona College basketball team won another tight ACCAC game Wednesday night when they defeated Cochise 64-59 in Thatcher.

The first half was close throughout with both teams exchanging leads but neither team was able to push ahead by more than five points. At the break the game was tied at 29 all. The second half began with EAC taking control and by the ten minute mark led 46-37. Cochise then went on a 13-2 run over the next four minutes to regain the lead at 50-48. Eastern's defense then rose to the challenge and held the high powered Cochise offense to only six point the rest of the way. Two big baskets by Gabor Boros and free throws by Marcus Palmer and freshman guard Dontae Bryant were the difference down the stretch on offense.

Eastern was led in scoring by Boros who scored 17 followed by Palmer with 15. Regan Andersen and Vladimir Bulut each chipped in with nine. Andersen led the team with seven rebounds. On the night EAC out rebounded Cochise by nine and limited them to only one offensive rebound.

EAC (7-2, 3-0) will travel to Central Arizona on Saturday for another ACCAC tilt. Game time is set for 7:30 MST. The game will not be broadcast but both home games next week will be as the Gila Monsters wind down the fall semester vs. Scottsdale and Phoenix. For all of the latest information on EAC basketball log onto www.eachoops.com.

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The Eastern Arizona College basketball team will open the conference season tonight when they host Chandler-Gilbert CC. The game is set to tip off at 7:30 MST and all of the action can be heard live via the internet at www.swsn.net.

EAC comes into the game with a 4-2 record, below is a brief recap of the Gila Monsters six pre-season games.

Eastern opened with an 80-39 win over Grand Canyon JV in the first night of the Gila Monster Classic. Freshman forward Regan Andersen led all scorers with 14 points and grabbed 8 rebounds. Marcus Palmer chipped in with 13 points and 7 rebounds.

The second night of the Gila Monster Classic saw EAC drop an 81-69 decision to Eastern Utah. Freshman guard Will Bynum led the Monsters with 16 points, followed by Gabor Boros' 14 and Jordan Jamestown added 11 points.

Eastern traveled to Colorado for two games the first of which saw EAC defeat Otero 77-72. Leading the way again was Will Bynum who scored 20 points. Also in double figures were Regan Andersen with 14, Marcus Palmer and freshman Vladimir Bulut each added 11. Jordan Jamestown had a career high nine assists to pace the offense.

The second night Eastern lost a heartbreaker to Lamar 74-71. Marcus Palmer posted his first double-double of the year scoring 22 points and pulling down 10 rebounds. Vladimir Bulut added 16 points and Regan Andersen chipped in with 12 points and 7 rebounds.

EAC returned home for their Thanksgiving Classic and a rematch with Otero. This time Eastern had an easier time as they cruised to a 68-49 victory. Freshman forward Regan Andersen continued his solid early season play as he led the Monsters with 20 points and 11 rebounds. Jordan Jamestown had another great all-around game as he handed out 8 assists, grabbed 7 rebounds and had 2 steals.

The second night EAC defeated Tiera del Sol 86-77. Gabor Boros had his best game of the season pouring in 23 points, 20 of which came in the second half. Regan Andersen had 12 and Vladimir Bulut, Will Bynum and Jordan Jamestown each added 11. Jamestown also had 9 assists and 5 rebounds for the Monsters.

For all of the latest information on Gila Monster basketball log onto www.eachoops.com. Also, don't forget to tune in to live EAC basketball at www.swsn.net.

       

The post season has already started for Pima High school while Thatcher and Safford will get into action on November 3rd.

Pima defeated Bagdad in the 1st round 52-8 and will take on the top ranked Mayer Wildcats on November 4th in the semi finals.

Thatcher will know who they get in the first round Wednesday morning. San Manuel, Miami and Pusch Ridge Christian will have a playoff Halloween night to determine the state participants. Whoever wins the game will be traveling to Eastern Arizona College on November 3rd against the Eagles.

After back to back losses the Safford Bulldogs limp into the playoffs as they travel Fountain Hills to take on the Falcons. That game is scheduled for November 3rd and 7pm and can be heard live on KATO 1230 AM.

       

After winning their last two games, the Eastern Arizona College football team moved back into the NJCAA Top 20 this week. With wins over Snow College(#1) and Phoenix College the last two weeks, the Monsters are now ranked #17 in the country.

EAC will travel to Roswell, New Mexico this Saturday to take on the NMMI Broncos. It will be Head Coach John O'mera's first trip back to Roswell since he left to take over at Eastern.

Eastern features the top ranked rushing offense in the country with 2606 yards on the ground this year. NMMI is right behind them with 2247.

Kickoff is scheduled for 1pm on KATO radio as well as www.swsn.net

       

The Gila Monster football team chalked up another win on Saturday with a 21-0 win over the Mesa Thunderbirds.

The Monster "D" recorded six sacks of Mesa quarterback Victor Anderson and held the offense to only 140 yards of total offense.

The Eastern passing attack finally got on track when freshman quarterback Stanford Leti found David Culbertson for a 62 yard strike. It was the first collegiate touchdown for each player.

Fullbacks Lester Graham and Bobby Dunbar both found the endzone in the fourth quarter to cap off the Monsters scoring.

Eastern (3-1) will face the defending National Champions from Glendale Community College on Saturday at 6pm on Saturday

       

San Pasqual 6 Gila Bend 0 Arizona Lutheran 26 Northwest Christian 12 Williams 49 Many Farms 6 Phoenix Christian 49 Scottsdale Christian 3 Valley Christian 52 Westwind Prep 0 Thatcher 32 Snowflake Willcox 34 Copper Canyon Bourgade Catholic 35 Empire 7 Red Mesa 48 Valley (Sanders) 7 Hayden 16 Raymond S. Kellis 13 Miami 31 Baboquivari 14 North Pointe Preparatory 28 San Carlos 14 St. Johns 25 Camp Verde 6 Tuba City 55 Greyhills 0 Blue Ridge 48 Alchesay 0 Wickenburg 48 Estrella Foothills 0

Fountain Hills 41 Parker 22 Thatcher 32 Snowflake 13 Window Rock 26 Ganado 16 Bourgade Catholic 35 Empire 7 Winslow 46 Hopi 6 Chino Valley 18 Sedona Red Rock 8 Safford 24 Sahuarita 6 Globe 41 Florence 16 Monument Valley 53 Chinle 6 Round Valley 26 Show Low 7 Seton Catholic 32 Coolidge 20 Phx Day School for Deaf 20 Veritas Prep 18 Mayer 62 Bagdad 6 Orme 64 Rock Point 0 Pima 52 Valley Union 20 Salt River 32 Valley Lutheran 27

       

The Eastern Arizona College football team chalked up another victory Saturday night against Phoenix College. The 30-6 win for the Monsters may look like a lopsided game but those that saw the game know it wasn't. The Monsters struck first when freshman quarterback Jawaun Luckey called his own number from 9 yards out. The point after attempt never got off the ground and Eastern held a 6-0 lead.

Phoenix College answered with an 11 yard touchdown pass from quarterback Josh Schlueter to Kantrell Williams early in the second quarter. The PAT was blocked and the score was deadlocked at six.

Both teams traded field position for the remainder of the first half and they entered halftime tied at six.

Eastern wasted no time stretching their lead as Luckey again found paydirt at the 12:24 mark of the third quarter as he scampered in from 34 yards out. Carlos Encinas added the point after and EAC had a 13-6 lead.

Encinas added a 30 yard field goal and cornerback Brandon Stewart added six points of his own on a 50 yard interception return.

The vaunted Monster defense held the Bears to just 28 yards rushing on 27 attempts and intercepted the duo of Phoenix QB's twice in route to shutting them out in the second half.

Eastern (2-0) will be at home again Saturday September 9th at 2pm as they host College of the Sequoias from Visalia, California. The Giants are ranked #1 in the COA by JCGridiron.com. This game will be the first time a team from California will play out of the state since 1977.

       

The Eastern Arizona College football team defended their preseason ranking with an impressive 49-0 victory over the Prescott Cardinals, a semi pro team that plays in the Arizona Football League.

Sophomore tailback Lamont Downing starting the scoring early when he capped an eight play, sixty-eight yard drive with a 6 yard touchdown scamper with 10:35 left in the opening quarter. Carlos Encinas converted the PAT and EAC led 7-0.

Exactly two minutes later Freshman quarterback Pat Riley kept an option and went untouched in the endzone from 18 yards out. The Encinas kick gave Eastern the 14-0 lead. Dixie State transfer Cooper Blanc also found the endzone in the first quarter from 28 yards out with 4:10 remaining and the route was on with EAC up 20-0. They held that same lead headed into halftime.

The Prescott Cardinals had nothing to offer offensively as the daunted Monster defense held them to minus four yards of total offense in the first half.

The third quarter wasn't much hard for the Monster ground attack as they tallied three two more touchdown runs. A 42 yard sprint from quarterback Jawaun Luckey and Downing's second from 22 yards. EAC led 34-0 after the Encinas kick.

At 6:38 of the third quarter the defensive pressure finally produced some points as Devlin Bayne sacked the Cardinal quarterback in the endzone for a safety.

Eastern rested most of their offensive starters in the fourth quarter but still managed two more scores to stretch the lead to 49-0.

Eastern amassed 324 total yards, all of which came on the ground. Prescott was held to negative 16 yards of total offense.

Eastern (1-0) will host Phoenix College on Saturday at 6pm at Mickelson Stadium.

       

The Mt. Graham All stars kicked off post season on July 19th at various sites around Arizona. All three of the league's teams qualified for the state tournaments.

The 10/11 year olds started July 19th in Flagstaff against the District 6 All Stars from Arcadia Little League of Scottsdale. Game 1 didn't go as planned as Arcadia jumped out to an early 6-0 lead after the first two innings and cruised to a 7-3 win. Felix Vasquez(0-1) took the loss. The 10/11 year olds will be in action again on the 21st when they lock up with Arrowhead Little League from District 2 in Glendale.

The 12 year old (majors) All Stars start their postseason on July 20th when they battle Pantano Little League of District 12 in Tucson.

The 13/14 (Juniors) All Stars took the field on the July 19th against the ever powerful Red Mountain All Stars of District 7. With the lack of games between the end of the season and their first game, it was no wonder Red Mountain jumped on them early and cake walked to a 15-1 blowout win. Luke Alvarado(0-1) took the loss. The Juniors will be in action again on the 20th against Paradise Valley East.

Check back daily for updates on your local All Stars.

       

The NJCAA released the 2006 Preseason Rankings this week and Eastern Arizona College is ranked 19th in the country. Other WSFL teams of note were: Glendale CC (6), Snow College (8), and Mesa CC (24).

The NJCAA also released the list of Pre-Season All-Americans:
Armondo Murillo: Defensive Back Levi Mack: Offensive Lineman Marcus Myles: Defensive End Ted Riley: Defensive Back Glenn Milner: Running Back		First Team 2nd Team (Thatcher) Honorable Mention Honorable Mention Honorable Mention

       

KATO 1230 AM is proud to announce new programming on the station. Starting August 2nd local sports guru, Lee Patterson, will be hosting a 40-minute local sports show. Lee will keep you up to date on all the area sports from high school to Eastern Arizona College. He will even keep you updated on Gila Valley athletes that have moved on to bigger and better things.

The show entitled "Overtime" will dive head first into the Gila Valley sports scene with candid interviews with high school and college head coaches and even a few pro athletes will stop by to keep you up to date on their respective sports. So join Lee Wednesday's starting at 12:20 to see what you missed in area sports or to get that all access pass behind the scenes.

"Lee brings over five years of area play by play experience into the studio," said KATO General Manager Davis Nathan. "He has great relationships with all the coaches in the valley and this is just a perfect fit for our format."

This show will fill a void for local sports enthusiasts who want to know what happened in the latest local event. KATO has been the exclusive source of for local sports for 40 years and with this show, KATO is headed in the right direction to be the leader for the next 40 as well.

       

The Eastern Arizona College basketball program hosted their first ever Boys High School Team Camp June 8-10. Sixteen schools from Arizona and New Mexico participated, each playing a minimum of eight games over the weekend.

On Saturday the pool play ended and the teams were divided into two separate tournament brackets - the Gold and Silver. The championship game of the Silver bracket saw Arizona 1A power Pima High School edge out Bradshaw Mountains second squad and in the championship of the Gold bracket Catalina High School out of Tucson defeated Bradshaw Mountain's varsity team. Both games were very hard fought and well played – two qualities that were consistent with the play throughout the weekend.

       

The Thatcher Eagle baseball team had to go to extra innings Thursday in the first round of the state playoffs to get past Desert Christian.

The Eagles led 3-2 entering the fourth inning, when Desert Christian scored four runs thanks to a bases loaded triple to take a 6-3. DC would add two more runs in the next two innings to hold a commanding 8-3 lead heading into the bottom of the seventh.

With the celebration already beginning in the DC dugout, the Thatcher comeback began.

Thatcher scored three quick runs off of a tiring DC pitcher before making two quick outs. Senior Aric Lopez then singled with two men on to tie the game at eight and forcing extra innings..

Freshman Joseph Hollowell came into pitch the extra frame and gave up one run and once again DC took the lead heading into the bottom of the eighth.

Junior Denver Householder led of the inning for the Eagles with a ground out, Hollowell singled. That set the stage for Senior Heath Allred. Allred blasted a two run game winning homerun over the leftfield fence to win the game for Thatcher.

Thatcher will play again Friday at 9 A.M. against Camp Verde. Winner advances to the semi finals.

       

Eastern Arizona College would like to announce the dates for their Fourth Annual Summer Basketball Camps. EAC will be offering six sessions of camp for boys and girls grades 2 through 10. Each age group will have two sessions devoted to them.

June 12-15 will feature sessions for boys and girls grades 2-6 from 9 am to noon and for grades 7-10 from 1-4 pm. Sessions for these grades will also be offered June 19-22.

The camp will focus heavily on the teaching of basic basketball fundamentals including: offensive footwork; dribbling and ball handling; passing, shooting, and rebounding; and individual team offense and defense. The camp will also feature a low camper-to-coach ratio. For attending, the campers will receive an official 2006 EAC Camp T-Shirt, an official EAC Camp Basketball, and two complimentary tickets to an EAC basketball game.

The cost of each session is only $60 if signed up by June 1st; camp fees will be $70 after June 1st. For further information or to register please contact Tim Parmeter at 928.428.8400, or by email at tim.parmeter@eac.edu

       

The ACCAC All-Conference and the Region 1 All-Region teams were announced Saturday with two members of the Eastern Arizona College squad receiving honors.

Ervin Youmans was voted 1st Team All-Conference and 1st Team All-Region and Jerryck Owens-Murrey was named to the 2nd Team for both All-Conference and All-Region.

Youmans a 5-11 sophomore guard from Hobbs, New Mexico is in his first season at Eastern after transferring in from UTEP. On the season, Youmans led the Gila Monsters in scoring, assists, and steals as he poured in 18.3 points, passed out 3.7 assists, and had 2.1 steals per contest. Youmans shot 50% from the field on the year, 45.5% from the three point line, and 80% from the free throw line.

Owens-Murrey is a 6-6 sophomore forward from El Cerrito, California and has played in 60 straight games for the Gila Monsters. For the year, Owens-Murrey scored 14.0 points per game, pulled down 6.9 rebounds per contest and shot 54.8% from the field. He also passed out 2.5 assists and averaged 1.2 steals per game for the Monsters. Owens-Murrey's greatest contribution to the team has been as the teams sole returnee from the 2004-05 season and the team captain. During his two years EAC has won 42 games which is the best two year span at Eastern in twelve years.

Youmans, Owens-Murrey, and the rest of the Gila Monster squad will travel to Arizona Western on Thursday for the Region I playoffs. Game time is set for 7:30 MST and all of the action can be heard liveon KATO 1230 AM. The winner will advanced to the Region Championship on Saturday. For all of the latest information on Gila Monster basketball log onto www.eachoops.com

       

The Eastern Arizona College basketball team survived a scare Tuesday night in their last home game but held on to defeat South Mountain 74-72.

The game was close throughout as South tried to slow the pace of the game as much as possible. EAC trailed at the break 31-26 but were able to push ahead in the final twenty minutes. Eastern led by seven points with just over a minute to go but two three pointers and three free throws by South's Rudy Bogan trimmed the lead to one with 8.8 seconds remaining. EAC then missed two free throws and were whistled for a foul on the rebound. South was unable to convert on their attempts and were forced to foul again. This time Eastern's Terry Dunlap made both shots giving the Monsters a three point lead. EAC was again whistled for a foul on the final play putting South back at the line. They made the first and missed the second on purpose, South had one attempt at a t ip in to tie but came up short.

EAC placed four players in double figures led by freshman guard Terry Dunlap who poured in a career high 26 points, 22 of them in the second half. Marcus Palmer and Jeff Wilson each scored 16 and Jerryck Owens-Murrey added 10. Wilson and Palmer led the rebounding attack with 11 and 10 respectively as EAC out rebounded South 47-27.

Eastern (22-7, 16-5) plays their final regular season game on Friday when they travel to Chandler-Gilbert. Game time is set for 7:30 MST and all of the action can be heard live via the internet at www.swsn.net. EAC will begin Region tournament play on Thursday when they travel to Arizona Western. The winner of that game will play on Saturday for the Region Championship. For all of the latest information on Gila Monster basketball log onto www.eachoops.com

       

The Eastern Arizona College basketball team won another ACCAC contest Saturday night when they defeated Yavapai College 91-88 in Prescott.

Eastern began the game slowly trailing 9-1 three minutes in. Yavapai continued their hot shooting building a 28-15 lead by the eight minute mark before EAC began their comeback. At the break, Eastern had cut the lead to 36-32. The second half saw the Gila Monsters hitting on all cylinders as they outscored Yavapai 26-11 in the first seven minutes. The lead hovered around double figures as deep as four minutes remaining before Yavapai mounted one last charge. A barrage of three's cut the score to a mere two points with 20 seconds remaining but free throws and a key offensive rebound helped the Monsters preserve the victory.

For the second game in a row EAC placed five players in double figures led by Jerryck Owens-Murrey's game high 25 points. Terry Dunlap scored 17, Marcus Palmer 16, Ervin Youmans 12 and Jeff Wilson with 10 helped pace the offense. Palmer led the team with 11 rebounds and Dunlap with four assists. For the game EAC shot 55% from the field and connected on 28 of 43 free throw attempts - many of which came in the last four minutes of the contest.

EAC (21-7, 15-5) will play their final home game of the season Tuesday night when they host South Mountain. Eastern will round out the regular season Friday when they travel to Chandler-Gilbert. Game time for South Mountain is set for 7:30 and all of the action can be heard live on KATO 1230 AM.

For all of the latest information on Gila Monster basketball log onto www.eachoops.com

       

The Eastern Arizona College basketball team cruised to another home victory Wednesday night when they outscored Pima 105-84.

Eastern jumped out to a quick lead and never trailed in the game. EAC pushed the lead to 38-23 midway through the half but struggled to put Pima away taking a mere eight point lead, 52-44, into the locker room at half time. The second half again saw a lot of offense and little defense but the lead was never less than ten points after the first minutes of the second stanza.

EAC again displayed balanced scoring with five players in double figures on the night led by Ervin Youmans and Marcus Palmer who each poured in 20 points. Jerryck Owens-Murrey chipped in with 19 while Gabor Boros and Jeff Wilson scored 16 and 13 respectively. The Gila Monsters also has solid performances off the bench by Phillip Briggs and Tamas Papp as Briggs scored nine points on 3 of 3 shooting from beyond the arc and Papp scored five points while grabbing four rebounds.

Eastern (20-7, 14-5) clinched a spot in the Region I playoffs with the win as well as notching their twentieth victory of the season. EAC will travel to Yavapai on Saturday before returning home for their final home game of the season on Tuesday. Saturday's game is set to tip off at 7:30 MST and all of the action can be heard live via the internet at www.swsn.net. For all of the latest information on Gila Monster basketball log onto www.eachoops.com.

       

For the second time this season the ACCAC Player of the Week is from Eastern Arizona College.

Jerryck Owens-Murrey, a 6-6 sophomore forward from El Cerrito, California receives the honor for the week ending February 5th. Murrey helped the Gila Monsters to two conference wins starting with Wednesday's 81-71 win at Glendale. Murrey poured in 19 points and pulled down 9 rebounds. Then on Saturday he again scored 19 points, grabbed 10 rebounds, and passed out three assists in EAC's 90-48 win over Central Arizona. On the season, Owens-Murrey is averaging 13.1 points and 7.1 rebounds per game while leading Eastern to their current mark of 16-6.

       

The Eastern Arizona College basketball team returned to their winning ways Wednesday night when they picked up an 81-71 win at Glendale. Eastern jumped to a quick lead but Glendale kept things close trailing by only five, 38-33 at half. The EAC margin remained slim throughout much of the second half with Glendale actually taking a 62-60 lead with six minutes to play. The Gila Monsters then went on a 10-0 run to regain control and they held on from there.

EAC placed three players in double figures led by Ervin Youmans's 20 points. Jerryck Owens-Murrey added 19 points while pulling down eight rebounds and Gabor Boros scored 16 including 4 of 6 from the three point line. Eastern received a spark from Dusko Stojnic who came off the bench to contribute eight points and six rebounds.

Eastern (15-6, 9-4) will return home Saturday when they host Central Arizona. Game time is set for 7:30 MST and all of the action can be heard live via on KATO 1230 AM. Also, for all of the latest information on Gila Monster basketball log onto www.eachoops.com.

       

The Safford Bulldogs qualified for the state tournament in their inaugural season as the top seed in the South. The 'Dogs will play their first ever state soccer game on Friday, February 3rd at 7:30 at the Tempe Sports Complex. They will take on the winner of Scottsdale Christian and Estrella Foothills, who will be the fourth seed from the Central. Should the 'Dogs win, they will play on Saturday the 4th at 2:00pm against the winner of Parker and Fountain Hills.

The championship game is scheduled for Saturday February 11th at 3:00pm at Mesa Community College.

The Bulldogs enter the playoffs as the #2 team in the state.

       

The Eastern Arizona College basketball team dropped a hard fought ACCAC contest Saturday night at Cochise by the score of 79-72.

Eastern began the game about as poorly as they could falling behind 22-8 ten minutes into the contest. The margin was still ten, 34-24 with five minutes to play in the half before EAC finished with a 12-5 run to go to the locker room trailing by only three. Cochise, who entered the game ranked 6th in the country, took control of the game at the start of the second half and again built a double digit lead. The Gila Monsters would not go quietly and slowly chipped away at the advantage and with eight minutes to go in the game took the lead at 61-60. The Monsters led by three with four minutes left but a 10-2 spurt by Cochise proved to be too much for EAC to recover from.

EAC placed three players in double figures led by freshman guard Gabor Boros's 15. Ervin Youmans added 14 and Marcus Palmer chipped in with 12. Jerryck Owens-Murrey had a team high eight rebounds to go with his eight points while Boros contributed six rebounds and four assists.

Eastern (14-6, 8-4) travels to Glendale on Wednesday before returning home Saturday to face Central Arizona. Game time is set for 7:30 MST and all the action can be heard live on KATO 1230 AM. For all of the latest information on Gila Monster basketball log onto www.eachoops.com.

       

The Eastern Arizona College basketball team won another thriller Wednesday night when they defeated Chandler-Gilbert 76-72.

For much of the first half the game was close as there were five ties and five lead changes before EAC slowly took control and built a 45-38 half time advantage. The Gila Monsters once again came out of the locker room flat and in the first six minutes watched Chandler go on a 17-1 run to build a nine point lead of their own. EAC slowly creeped back into the game and regained the lead with four minutes to play on a three pointer by Gabor Boros. Boros would connect on two more threes down the stretch, the last of which as the shot clock expired with 15 seconds to play giving the Monsters a six point lead. Eastern would hold on for the win from there.

EAC placed four players in double figures once again led by sophomore guard Ervin Youmans who po ured in a game high 26 points. Youmans connected on 8 of 13 shots from the field and 5 of 6 from three. He also had six assists and eight steals. Jerryck Owens-Murrey scored 16 while pulling down 8 rebounds, Gabor Boros chipped in with 11 and Jeff Wilson added 10.

Eastern (14-5, 8-3) begins the second half of their conference season Saturday when they travel to league leading and 6th ranked Cochise. Game time is 7:30 MST and all of the action can be heard live on KATO 1230 AM. For all of the latest information on Gila Monster basketball log onto www.eachoops.com.

       

The Eastern Arizona College basketball team picked up another conference road win Saturday night when they knocked off South Mountain 80-68.

EAC led from start to finish pushing to a 41-23 half time lead. Eastern again suffered a bit of a second half letdown allowing South to close the gap to 11 points with just over twelve minutes to play. The Gila Monsters then went on a 9-0 run to again put the game out of reach and they cruised to the victory from there.

Eastern was led in scoring by Ervin Youmans who poured in 28 points - tying his career high. Youmans converted on 10 of 15 attempts from the field and 6 of nine from three. He also passed out five assists and grabbed five rebounds. Jerryck Owens-Murrey scored 12 while Gabor Boros and Jordan Jamestown each contributed nine. For the game Eastern shot 55% from the field and 48% from three while o ut rebounding South 40-28.

EAC (13-5, 7-3) ends the first round of conference play Wednesday night when they host Chandler-Gilbert. Game time is 7:30 MST and all of the action can be heard live on KATO 1230 AM. For all of the latest information on Gila Monster basketball log onto www.eachoops.com.

       

The Eastern Arizona College basketball team split a pair of conference road games this past week losing at Scottsdale Wednesday night 86-80 and then defeating Pima Saturday 95-62.

Against Scottsdale, Eastern was in control for the first thirty minutes leading by as many as 14, 57-43 with just over twelve minutes to play. The high powered EAC offense then went cold over the next ten minutes and found themselves down 75-67 with two minutes to play. Eastern tried to come back but ran out of time.

For the game EAC placed four players in double figures led by Ervin Youmans' 23 points. Jerryck Owens-Murrey scored 14, Gabor Boros added 13, and Jeff Wilson chipped in with 12. Youmans also paced the team with five assists and Wilson grabbed a team high 11 rebounds.

Saturday's contest began much as the Scottsdale game did; Eastern led by ten at the break, 35-25 only to see Pima storm back at the start of the second half. At the fourteen minute mark the Gila Monsters saw their led disappear when Pima tied the game at 47 all. After a timeout Eastern went on a 16-5 run to push the lead back to double figures and then put the game out of reach in the next four minutes by scoring 17 unanswered points.

Eastern placed six players in double figures led by Ervin Youmans who scored 15. Owens-Murrey and Terry Dunlap scored 14 each and Gabor Boros, Marcus Palmer, and Jeff Wilson all added 11. In addition to scoring 14 points, Dunlap also handed out six assists, pulled down five rebounds, and had three steals while Wilson again led the team with nine rebounds.

EAC (11-5, 5-3) will return home Wednesday to face Yavapai. Game time is 7:30 and all of the action can be heard live on KATO 1230 AM with Lee Patterson. For all of the latest information on Gila Monster basketball log onto www.eachoops.com.

       

The Eastern Arizona College basketball team began the 2006 portion of their schedule Tuesday night with a hard fought 76-71 victory over Madison Area Technical College.

The Gila Monsters were a bit rusty throughout the night as they were playing their first game in seventeen days. This rust was very evident offensively as the normally sharp shooting Monsters were held to only 38% from the field - down from their season average of 52.6%. After holding a slim 41-38 lead at the break Eastern spurted to a 55-42 lead five minutes into the second half. MATC would not go quietly and slowly chipped away at the lead cutting it to as few as one with just under two minutes to go. EAC was able to hold on down the stretch to come away with their tenth win of the season.

Eastern did continue its trend of very balanced scoring with four players in double figures. Jerr yck Owens-Murrey and Marcus Palmer paced EAC with 14 points and Ervin Youmans and Terry Dunlap each had 13. Palmer led the team with eight rebounds and freshman guard Terry Dunlap, who played his best game to date, added six assists and five steals on the night.

EAC (10-4, 4-2) will return to action January 11 when they travel to Scottsdale to face the Artichokes. Game time is set for 7:30 MST and all of the action can be heard live via the internet at www.swsn.net. Also, for all of the latest information on Gila Monster basketball log onto www.eachoops.com.